Despite the company’s San Luis Potosí plant being canceled, Ford will push ahead with a new one in Irapauto, which will export transmission parts to the United States, India, China and countries in Europe as well as to existing plants in Hermosillo and Cuautitlá.

The second plant, to be opened at a later date in 2017 in Chihuahua, will manufacture three-cylinder engines for the two already existing plants.

“Businesses have to make the right decisions at the right time and that’s what we did,” he said. “Unfortunately, the news is not good, we did not enjoy making the decision either.”

The car company said that if it had opened operations in San Luis Potosi, the plant would have operated at less than 85 percent of its capacity because small vehicle consumption has declined in the US market.

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